The 2026 Women's National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 48 NCAA Division I women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2026 NCAA tournament or the 2026 WBIT. The tournament committee announced the 48-team field on March 16, following the selection of the fields for the NCAA tournament and WBIT.
The 2026 field features 9 automatic qualifiers and 39 at-large bids. Automatic qualifiers for the WNIT are teams that were the 2âÂÂseeds in their conference tournament that did not receive a bid into the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.
For the first time since their transition to Division I with the 2024âÂÂ25 academic year, Mercyhurst is participating in the NCAA postseason.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> â Denotes overtime period<br> <nowiki>(H)</nowiki> - Denotes home team<br> Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round.